2023
Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka
Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Wickramasinghe A, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Nimesha D, Dilshani T, Senadheera S, Agampodi S. Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka. BMJ Global Health 2023, 8: e012852. PMID: 37748792, PMCID: PMC10533714, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleMental health screeningMental health problemsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyHealth screeningClinical InterviewHealth problemsPregnancy care programsRoutine maternal careTertiary care hospitalMental health service provisionPrimary healthcare levelHigher EPDS scoresPostnatal Depression ScaleWeeks of periodPregnancy-associated conditionsMental health gapPatient-centered careHealth service provisionHealth surveillance systemsCare hospitalMiddle-income countriesPregnant women
2022
Underlying causes of vertigo or dizziness among patients presenting to Ear, Nose and Throat clinic at a tertiary care hospital in North Central province - Sri Lanka
Domingoarachi G, Muhandiram E, Jayasena K, Abeysundara U, Agampodi S. Underlying causes of vertigo or dizziness among patients presenting to Ear, Nose and Throat clinic at a tertiary care hospital in North Central province - Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal Of Otolaryngology 2022, 11: 12. DOI: 10.4038/cjo.v11i1.5328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBenign paroxysmal positional vertigoVertigo/dizzinessSri Lankan populationRural Sri Lankan populationUnderlying causeCross-sectional descriptive studyAcute vestibular neuronitisDizziness/vertigoTeaching Hospital AnuradhapuraTertiary care hospitalParoxysmal positional vertigoSectional descriptive studyMajor underlying causeFunctional dizzinessThroat clinicVestibular failureVestibular migraineVestibular neuronitisCare hospitalCommon diagnosisPositional vertigoSignificant morbidityCommon symptomsENT clinicMean age